AnAge entry for Calidris alpina
Classification (HAGRID: 00517)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae
Genus: Calidris
- Species
- Calidris alpina
- Common name
- Dunlin
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 28.8 years (wild)
- Source
- ref. 450
- Sample size
- Small
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
In the wild, average lifespan is around 5 years [0444].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 730 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 730 days
- Incubation
- 21 days
- Clutch size
- 4 (oviparous)
- Clutches per year
- 1
- Weight at hatching
- 9 g
- Adult weight
- 52.5 g
- Postnatal growth rate
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0450] Fransson et al. (2010), EURING list of longevity records for European birds
- [0729] Moller (2006), Sociality, age at first reproduction and senescence: comparative analyses of birds (PubMed)
- [0061] Monaghan and Metcalfe (2000), Genome size and longevity (PubMed)
- [0444] John Terres (1980), The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds
- [0445] The Birds of North America Online
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 176661
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 8919
- Entrez
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- Ageing Literature
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